Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Lowell (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Lowell. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Lowell is located in Seneca County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Seneca County: Crawford, Hancock, Huron, Sandusky, Wood & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Lowell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lowell:
- Seneca County (The home county of Lowell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Watson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Watson is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Watson has also been known as:
- Watson Station
- Watsons Station
- Green Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fort Seneca
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fort Seneca is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seneca
- Republic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- West Lodi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Scipio
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Tiffin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cromers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Linden ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Linden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Maple Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Bettsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bloomville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Chatfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Benton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- New Washington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Broken Sword
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Lemert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- North Auburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Oceola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Tiro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bucyrus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- North Robinson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Castalia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bay View
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Venice
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Venice is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
- Avery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Avery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Milan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- North Milan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- North Milan is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
- Bogart
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bogart is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
- Sandusky
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Lanes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Lanes is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Lanes
- Berlinville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Berlinville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinville
- Huron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shinrock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Shinrock is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinrock
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- West Independence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Arcadia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Vanlue
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Hunts Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hunts Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Hunts Corners has also been known as:
- Moorehead
- Monroeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Steuben
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Celeryville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Willard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Peru
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Norwalk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Coble Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- New Haven
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- North Fairfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Olena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Delphi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Lacarne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lacarne is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacarne
- Oak Harbor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Port Clinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gypsum
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Danbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Danbury is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Violet ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Violet is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
- Genoa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marblehead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Locust Point is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
- Catawba Island
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Catawba Island is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba Island
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Plymouth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Forest ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Shiloh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Shelby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Clyde
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Green Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Ballville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Fremont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Erlin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Erlin is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
- Gabels Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Stony Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Burgoon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Bellevue
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shorewood Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
- Vickery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vickery is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickery
- Helena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Risingsun
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Risingsun is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risingsun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 630 people
- Risingsun has also been known as:
- Risingsun village
- Bradner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wayne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- West Millgrove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Pemberville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eagleville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Bloomdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Six Points
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Six Points is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Luckey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bairdstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Jerry City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Lemoyne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lemoyne is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemoyne
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Mexico
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Sycamore
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Duenquat
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Belle Vernon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Carey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nevada
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Upper Sandusky
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lowell, see our County-by-County Page for Lowell.
Cemeteries Near Lowell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lowell.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Lowell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lowell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Lowell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bunker Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- McMeen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Jacobs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Coffman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Egbert Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Raymond Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reformed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reformed Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Block Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (414 more) ...
- Adams Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Payne Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
While we didn't find Lowell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lowell.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Watson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Watson is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Watson has also been known as:
- Watson Station
- Watsons Station
- Green Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Old Fort
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Fort is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fort
- Fort Seneca
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fort Seneca is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seneca
- Republic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- West Lodi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Colby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Colby is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- Swander
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Swander is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swander
- Fireside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fireside is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fireside
- Clyde
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cromers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Tiffin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Rockaway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rockaway is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway
- Scipio
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Linden ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Linden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lowell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lowell.
Newspapers Published in Lowell ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lowell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lowell, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lowell.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Lowell:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Seneca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Hancock County
- Huron County
- Ottawa County
- Richland County
- Sandusky County
- Wood County
- Wyandot County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lowell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lowell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |